Company Description
Caterlink is the education sector catering specialist. For over 20 years, the Company has delivered fresh food solutions to pupils and staff at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Colleges across the UK. The company caters more than 1,000,000 meals a week. Our Fresh Food Policy is the foundation of our success and growth in the market coupled with a desire to truly deliver on the promises we make to our clients and support our site-based teams.
Job Description
We are currently recruiting for experienced Operations Directors across our business.
As Operations Director you will be responsible for delivering against our KPIs Health and Safety, Retention, Quality and Finance. You will be expected to have the confidence and credibility to lead your teams and create strong client relationships, as well being commercially astute.
You should be able to demonstrate evidence of supporting and developing a growing team, encouraging them to succeed and help you achieve your objectives. You will remain calm and focused, showing leadership and strength appropriate for your role as Director. If you believe in People, Perception, Passion, and Pride to grow our business this could be the position you are looking for.
Qualifications
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE:
* Background in client relationships and have a proven record in building and motivating teams, to meet key business targets.
* Successful progressive background in contract catering and hospitality.
* Strategic thinking and critical reasoning skills to set and implement the business strategy across the operations teams.
* Well-developed leadership skills, achieving results through others, building loyalty and a sense of belonging in the team.
* Exceptional communication skills (written/spoken/presentation) at all levels, both internally and externally.
* Commercially astute with a service delivery focus
Additional Information
WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU:
* Competitive salary + performance related bonus
* Private Health Care for your family with BUPA
* 33 Days holiday inclusive of bank holidays
* You will be eligible to join our Workplace Pension Scheme with Aviva
* Bespoke training and development
* A range of discounts and benefits available from high street shops to holidays and cinemas
* As our core business is mainly in term time, the school breaks do enable the opportunity to catch up and plan for the next term, which isn’t always a luxury in a business operating 52 weeks of the year
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